Chester Kirkham

Chester Kirkham (1746-1819) was a colonel of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Chester Kirkham was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain in 1746, and he entered the British Army in 1764. Kirkham served in the dragoons and rose to the rank of colonel, and his regiment was sent to North America during the American Revolutionary War. His regiment suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, and his regiment surrendered at Yorktown later that year. He died back in England in 1819.